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MR. EDITOR - I desire to find my people. My father was named Harry Brown; mother Malinda Brown. There were eleven children of us, eight brothers and three sisters. Names of the boys: eldest David, Bob, John, Humphrey, Phenton, Newman, Dennis, and Eleven; girls: Alcinda, Manda and Mary. I left them in Virginia. Phenton died before I came away. Father belonged to Mr. Johnnie Sullivan; at his death father was sold to a man in Faulkner county; he moved from there to Prince William county. I was sold to a speculator by the name of Spot Grisbry, and carried to Fairfax, near Fairfax Courthouse. I remained there three years, one year with Grisbry and two with Johnson, an the Potomac river. Any information leading to the whereabouts of my people will be thankfully received. Preachers will please favor me by reading this letter to their congregations. Address Umphry Brown, Oktoc, Miss.